Chávez won silver in an incredible finish in the 100-meter dash. Later, “Gusti” Fernández got his revenge and won bronze in the singles.
The athlete Alexis Chavez gave the Argentine delegation its second silver medal in the Paralympic Games of Paris 2024 in athletics thanks to an excellent performance in the 100 metres flat in the T36 category. For his part, Gustavo Fernández won the bronze medal in tennis by winning in two sets.
The athlete had already made a name for himself after finishing first in the second qualifying round with a time of 11 seconds and 86 hundredths.
In Saturday’s performance he took second place with a time of 11 seconds and 88 hundredths, behind Australian James Turner who won gold with a time of 11 seconds and 85 hundredths.
Chávez had the same time as China’s Yifei Yang, so the silver medal had to be decided by a photo review. It was seen that the Argentine finished ahead thanks to his final acceleration.
In this way, the Pergamino native won his second medal, having previously placed third in T36 but in the 400-meter distance. He joins swimmer Iñaki Basiloff in being the two Argentine athletes to win more than one medal in the tournament.
With this conquest, Argentina has won a total of twelve medals at the Paralympic Gamestwo gold, two silver and eight bronze.
It was not the only celebration of the Argentine delegation that day, since, a few hours later, Gustavo Fernández took third place in adapted tennis by beating the Spaniard Martín de la Puente.
Argentina, meanwhile, has secured a total of thirteen medals in its medal table, as the Murciélagos face France in the final of blind football with the intention of winning gold.
Source: Ambito
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